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<h1>Network WP Documentation</h1>
<p>Firstly, thank you for purchasing Network WP. This is the documentation for Network WP, this page should help you get the template set up correctly. You should be using Wordpress 2.8 for this template. </p>

<h2>Initial Steps</h2>
<h3>Install and Activate Template</h3>
<p>To install this template, upload the NetworkWP folder to the wp-content/themes/ directory on your web server. Then go to your wordpress admin and navigate to the Appearance page and click the activate link under the image associated with Network WP.</p>

<p>For full details on this please follow this <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes">tutorial</a>.</p>

<h3>Creating Posts</h3>
<p>You add posts as normal in Wordpress, however we have a few extra options with this template which you can use that aren't available normally so we'll look into them now.
Under the post editor you should see a section titled "Post Options". Under which you should see a form that enables you to add a thumbnail image, banner image and banner image credit. If you don't add a thumbnail image here then the template will grab the first image from the post and use that.</p>

<h3>Creating Pages</h3>
<p>You add pages as normal in Wordpress, however we have a few extra options with this template which you can use that aren't available normally so we'll look into them now.
Under the post editor you should see a section titled "Page Options". Under which you should see a form that enables you to add a banner image and page description. The page description is the text that shows up under the title when viewing the page.</p>

<h2>Template Options</h2>
<p>In the Wordpress admin section navigate to Appearance and then click the "NetworkWP Options" link. This will bring up a page with all the options you can change for the template. When you navigate to this page you'll see a bunch of headings, click on one of these headings and the appropriate options for that section will show. Click any of the Save Changes buttons to well, save your changes.</p>
<p>Here is an explanation of each of the fields:</p>

<h3>General Options</h3>
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<li><b>Style</b> There are 5 colour options with this template, you can choose which one you like from the select box.</li>
<li><b>Use Logo</b> The template has the option to use a logo or text, the text option will grab the value you set in the Blog Title field on the Settings page</li>
<li><b>Logo Image</b> If you choose to use the logo option then add the URL to the image here or replace the logo.png image in the images folder</li>
<li><b>Use TimThumb Script</b> Some hosts don't allow you to use GD on their servers which is what this uses, so if images don't show up on your site then select No</li>
<li><b>Use Text Shadows</b> The template uses text shadows on the menus and some of the headings. If you don't want this then select No, you'll also need to select No if you want the css of the site to validate.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Navigation Options</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Exclude Pages from Menu</b> If you don't want some pages to show in the menu then add the page ID's here, separated by commas</li>
<li><b>Exclude Categories from Menu</b> If you don't want some categories to show in the menu then add the page ID's here, separated by commas</li>
</ul>

<h3>Sidebar and Footer Options</h3>
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<li><b>Show Tabs in Sidebar</b> These are the Latest, Tags and Comments tabs on the sidebars</li>
<li><b>Use General Sidebar</b> If you want to show the same sidebar throughout the site then select Yes here and add your widgets to the General sidebar</li>
<li><b>Footer Text</b> Here you can change the text you want to show in the footer. You're allowed to remove the credit to me, however YOU MAY <b>NOT</b> claim the work as your own</li>
</ul>

<h3>Banner Options</h3>
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<li><b>Featured Category</b> This is the category you want to show in the featured slider</li>
<li><b>Number of Featured Posts</b> Choose how many posts you want to show in the featured slider</li>
<li><b>Featured Sliding Interval</b> How long you want each slider to show on the featured slider</li>
</ul>

<h3>Homepage Options</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Home Layout</b> The default option will show the 3 sections on the homepage. The blog option will list the latest posts.</li>
<li><b>Number of Latest Posts</b> If using the default option, choose how many posts you want to show in the first block (Latest Posts)</li>
<li><b>Second Category</b> The category for the second block of posts on the homepage</li>
<li><b>Number of Secondary Posts</b> The number of posts you want to show in the second block</li>
<li><b>Third Category</b> The category for the third block of posts on the homepage</li>
<li><b>Number of Thirdly Posts</b> The number of posts you want to show in the third block</li>
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<h3>Advert Options, see below</h3>

<h2>Setting up the advert widgets</h2>
<p>You can add adverts to your sidebars through the Widgets page. You can only use these widgets once so if you want to show them throughout the website then choose to use the General sidebar in the theme options. You can setup the adverts images, links and alt text on the theme options page. If you want to show Adsense code or another advert providers embed code instead then add the code into the "Adsense Code" fields of the options page.</p>

<h2>Setting up Threaded Comments</h2>
<p>Go to the wordpress admin area and navigate to the Settings -> Discussion page and check the "Enable threaded (nested) comments" box, change the depth level from 5 to 3 and then click the Save Changes button.</p>

<h2>Additional Help</h2>
<p>If you need any additional help please do not hesitate to contact me via my <a href="http://themeforest.net/user/simnor">profile page</a> on ThemeForest. Customizations are available at a cost, contact me for more details.</p>


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